Wednesday, June 18, 2014

So, last night at sunset, we went down to the beach and investigated the tide pools a little.
This is one of the kids favorite activities.
They are amazed at the sheer volume of crabs that are in and around the areas.
There are dozens of tide pools formed along the rocky outcrops of the Baja coast.

Today, we went back down this morning when the tide was really low and crawled around trying to see as much as possible.

I got some really good shots of some of the crabs,

along with the rows of anemones lining the pools.

There are a multitude of snails and mussels also residing in the pools.

There is always a new adventure there!

The kids also decided to check out the hermit crab 'hotel' that has formed in a pool that is farther in towards the shore. Real hermit crabs in their natural environment...hmm, none of them have those fluorescent shells you see in the boardwalk shops...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Tonight we went to Ollies brick oven pizza.
It's a great little restaurant just 5.5km south of us on the free road.

Ollie is a dog. He hangs out at the restaurant. (no health code violations south of the border...)
The Baja Explorers says it best:

Sometimes
things are very different in Baja. For instance, one of the best
restaurants in the world is located in Rosarito and is "owned" by a dog.
Ollie is a Portugese Water Dog and his restaurant, Ollie's Brick Oven
Pizza, was just awarded TripAdvisor.com's 2013 Certificate of
Excellence. No, I'm not kidding.
This prestigious award, places Ollie's Brick Oven Pizza in the top-performing 10% of all businesses worldwide on TripAdvisor, is given to businesses that consistently earn high ratings from TripAdvisor travelers.Señor Sabrosisimo is well familiar with pizza. He has enjoyed pizza
at many of the top pizza restaurants in the US in cities famous for
pizza such as New York and Chicago. Hands down, Ollie's is the best
pizza. Most ingredients are imported. The cheese is special for pizza
and made not to burn at the high temperatures found in a wood-fired
oven, the flour is imported from Italy, as is the oven itself, it was
imported from Italy.Ollie's handmakes all of their salads and dressings, and desserts. You will notice the quality the first time you visit.The ambiance is modern and cozy. Built in a rustic building that is
over 100 years old, you will find free WiFi and starting in June 2013,
airconditioning and heating for the hot summer nights or cool winter
evenings.

The Baja coast is famous for it's seafood.
There is a whole town devoted to lobster restaurants.
Puerto Nuevo is home to scores of home cooked and fresh caught lobster dishes
There are some restaurants that actually started as a private home; wives of fisherman would cook of dishes to tout their daily catch.
There are a large amount of fisherman who daily fish directly from the shores.
The simplicity of this profession is amazing.
Some of the fishermen arrive early and fish throughout the tides changing most of the day.

There are men who keep to themselves but are always friendly and welcoming to the kids checking out their poles and tackle.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Hi I'm Leigh, I'm doing a guest post. I have done something new; move to Mexico. I love it here, its never hot like my old home in AZ USA, but its also hard in some ways, it's very hard to communicate, we're learning; but its always worth it to live on the beach.

a lovely morning

The house we are renting is very nice and neat. I also have to share a room with my brother, its hard to sleep with him in our room, he snores, (we all snore in my family I've found) but we make the best of it, we also made a fort